Feelers

June 13, 2015 2:14 PM

Feelers is a typographic experiment based on the movement of animal appendages.
posted by Combustible Edison Lighthouse (16 comments total)

I only want a typeface that moves when I am writing a language that requires it. Most of those use more than three dimensions, so this won't work for that, either.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:20 PM on June 13, 2015 [2 favorites]

".....based on the movement of NIGHTMARE animal appendages."

There, ftfy...
posted by HuronBob at 2:30 PM on June 13, 2015 [3 favorites]

I am deeply disappointed that these don't loop smoothly.

Ideally each glyph would have a different length loop and you'd have a few different glyphs for each character.
posted by aubilenon at 2:41 PM on June 13, 2015 [4 favorites]

Paging Mr. Cronenberg... Mr. Cronenberg, please pick up a throbbing white courtesy slug-cat.
posted by smidgen at 2:55 PM on June 13, 2015 [11 favorites]

ideally, the letters would rip off and consume the appendages of neighboring letters, or cover them with a sticky egg case full of larva that will feed on the victim
posted by idiopath at 4:12 PM on June 13, 2015 [6 favorites]

"Dr. Houghton presses a green button and a door opens in the observation chamber. Out of the door limp six fleshy creatures, each one in the shape of one of the letters in the word “Google.” Their bodies are nothing but perfectly formed G’s, O’s, L’s, or E’s with arms and legs jutting directly out of them. They moan and hobble around as if simply being alive causes them a tremendous amount of pain."
posted by belarius at 5:40 PM on June 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

Houghton

Slight hijack, but can somebody explain how this name is pronounced? Growing up, we had textbooks published by Houghton-Mifflin, and I can recall pronouncing it approximately the same as the city of "Houston" with an f substituted for the f, but I can't decide if that was correct or some kind of false memory.
posted by jsnlxndrlv at 5:51 PM on June 13, 2015

I imagine it could be any of "huff-ton" "how-ton", or "hoo-ton" depending on when and where it is from.
posted by ArgentCorvid at 7:01 PM on June 13, 2015

I really don't think I want to... *click*...Damnit!
posted by Literaryhero at 7:17 PM on June 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

I presume these were crafted to properly spell out Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn?
posted by Behemoth at 7:51 PM on June 13, 2015

I always pronounced it "HOE-ton."
posted by penduluum at 8:04 PM on June 13, 2015 [1 favorite]

These are the feelers and we are the feelees.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 8:22 PM on June 13, 2015

Ideally each glyph would independently reach out of the screen and begin creeping up the reader's arms, seeking an orifice through which to enter with blind but unmistakable intention. This is just a beta though.
posted by contraption at 10:42 PM on June 13, 2015 [3 favorites]

Very tough to kern properly when your font writhes.
posted by kinnakeet at 4:05 AM on June 14, 2015 [1 favorite]

They actually made a movie about this font.
posted by HuronBob at 5:58 AM on June 14, 2015

Houghton

Slight hijack, but can somebody explain how this name is pronounced?

The city in Michigan is called "Hoe-t'n" by Michiganders. Wikipedia says the pronunciation for the company is /ˈhoʊtən ˈmɪflɪn ˈhɑrkɔrt/ - basically that.
posted by fifthrider at 8:54 AM on June 14, 2015